Paul Robeson
Actor
- Born
- April 8, 1898 · Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- January 23, 1976 (age 77)
Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.
Known for
Show Boat
May 17, 1936
Tales of Manhattan
August 5, 1942
Body and Soul
November 9, 1925
The Real Charlie Chaplin
November 19, 2021
Emperor Jones
September 29, 1933
King Solomon's Mines
June 17, 1937
Borderline
October 13, 1930
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
October 29, 1979
The Proud Valley
April 6, 1940
Native Land
May 11, 1942
Sanders of the River
May 10, 1935
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
August 6, 1975
Acting37
- 2021The Real Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Britain on Film: Black Britain as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
- 2007Fred Baker - filmmaker
- 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self (archival footage)
- 2006Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States as Self
- 2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Joe
- 2001White Sings Robeson
- 1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
- 1998Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self (archive footage)
- 1998